castors

\kas.tɔʁ\

/\kas.tɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“castors” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,935. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,935
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de castor.

Corpus desk

Index FR-castors · castors · French

castors · rank #30,935 · 11 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,935
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cassius

Nearest frequency peer: Cassius (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « castors »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « castors » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

castors vs castro
71% similar
castors vs castor
86% similar
castors vs cahors
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for castors
PropertyValue
Headwordcastors
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kas.tɔʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,935
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « castors »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).castorsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Cassius » (#30,934), « castration » (#30,936), « caribou » (#30,933). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « castors » est au #30,935. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around castors (IPA \kas.tɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,935 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de castor.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for castors, with forms such as "acstors", "casotrs", and "casstors". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "castro", "castor", "cahors", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is castors, spelled C-A-S-T-O-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de castor.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how castors appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les castors se sont réfugiés par petits détachements sur les rives des plus lointaines rivières.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acstors
  • casotrs
  • casstors
  • castorrs
  • castorss
  • castosr
  • castros
  • casttors
  • catsors
  • ccastors
  • csators

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of castors - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acstors2casotrs2casstors1castorrs1castorss1castosr2castros2casttors1
Edit distance from "castors"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "castors"?
"castors" is spelled C-A-S-T-O-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kas.tɔʁ\.
What does "castors" mean?
As a noun, "castors" means: Pluriel de castor.
What words are commonly confused with "castors"?
"castors" is commonly confused with "castro", "castor", "cahors". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "castors"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "castors" is \kas.tɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "castors" come from?
"castors" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "castors", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cassius#30,934caribou#30,933Cecilia#30,938Celsius#30,940

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

brumaire11 variantsbrandir11 variantsCoccinelle11 variantsautocars11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list